Janaskar Surname

488,996th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 678 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Janaskar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Janaskar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6651:1,153,48246,790
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432

Janaskar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Janaskar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Janaskar (Marathi: जानसकर) has its highest incidence in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Janaskar.

How Common Is The Last Name Janaskar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 488,996th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 10,748,593 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Janaskar are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

This last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 665 people, or 1 in 1,153,482. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 99 percent are found and Gujarat, where 0 percent are found. Outside of India this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent are found and Norway, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Janashkar941/
Janoskar8833/
Yanaskar887/
Zanaskar881/
Saunaskar827/
Sonaskar7571/
Zanoskar7529/
Sanoskar751/
Joneskar751/
Sonaiskar711/
Zanoškar6354/

Janaskar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Janaskar in the Marathi language
जानसकरjanasakara89.42
जाणसकरjanasakara4.81
जनादर्नjanadarna1.92
शंकरsankara1.92

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Janaskar
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